More alcohol petitions circulating

More areas in Smith County are jumping on the alcohol bandwagon, as two new petitions to allow the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in Whitehouse and Smith County Precinct 1.

The Whitehouse Committee for economic growth is circulating the petitions in Whitehouse. In November in 2010, a proposition to allow the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in Whitehouse failed to pass.

According to Smith County Karen Nelson, 735 signatures will need to be gathered by January 25 in order for the proposition to get on the May ballot. 1,835 signatures are needed to place the proposition on May ballots in Smith County JP Precinct 1.

Smith County JP1 includes most of the Tyler city limits, as well as an area to the west and north of Tyler in Smith County.

During the second day of testimony in the jury trial of a Newton woman accused of manipulating a mentally disabled woman into having sex with her boyfriend at a Diboll apartment back in 2016, the jury watched a video interview of Janice Caswell talking to police.

During the second day of testimony in the jury trial of a Newton woman accused of manipulating a mentally disabled woman into having sex with her boyfriend at a Diboll apartment back in 2016, the jury watched a video interview of Janice Caswell talking to police.

A Houston County jury sentenced a Crockett man to 99 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison after they found him guilty of first-degree aggravated kidnapping in connection to the brutal 2015 beating death of Vanessa Melson Monday.

A Houston County jury sentenced a Crockett man to 99 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison after they found him guilty of first-degree aggravated kidnapping in connection to the brutal 2015 beating death of Vanessa Melson Monday.

A sentencing hearing for a Vidor man accused of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old mentally disabled woman on several occasions was postponed to later Monday after he allegedly used a razor to cut himself on his forearms.

A sentencing hearing for a Vidor man accused of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old mentally disabled woman on several occasions was postponed to later Monday after he allegedly used a razor to cut himself on his forearms.